About Me

I graduated from the University of Cincinnati in June 2009. I began my wonderful career teaching first grade shortly thereafter, in August 2009. In June 2016, I completed my Masters with the focus in Reading grades K-6th grade. This will be my seventh year utilizing a blog and hope that it will provide parents with another avenue to view their child's accomplishments throughout the school year.

Sunday, December 14, 2014

As I look back at the photos from last week, one thing stands out the most: wonderful volunteers! We had a dad come in to share German holiday traditions, my daughter came in to help with our first on-line end-of-the unit assessment, a teacher helping the conductor, and many parent volunteers during Polar Express Day. It is so refreshing to know how many people contribute to the success of our students! We thank you!!! Here are some photos from our wonderful week:

Sunday, December 7, 2014

What a week we had in room 105! We planned, then wrote a letter to Santa, made a Santa craft, filled out our passports, colored the flags of the countries we'll visit in the upcoming weeks, made holiday cards for 30 different schools around the country, had Grinch Day, AND squeezed in our daily reading/writing and Math lessons! Whew, I'm tired just typing it all. :)

Here are some photos from our week:

Sorting by Attributes

Santa Craft

Twins

Guess My Rule

Suitcases for our Travels

I just happened to notice these two doing their own writing conference during Literacy Stations. LOVE IT!

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Classroom Mission Statement

The mission of our classroom is to build a positive, respectful, and encouraging community of learners. We construct our knowledge through hands-on learning, cooperative learning, and receiving differential instruction. We encourage and challenge ourselves and each other to reach our ultimate levels of academic achievement. Every student will acquire the skills and knowledge for continued success as life-long learners and individuals of character.